11He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."G2532G1096G1722G846G1511G4336G1722G5100G5117G5613G3973G5100G846G3101G2036G4314G846G2962G1321G2248G4336G2531G2491G2532G1321G846G31012He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.G1161G2036G846G3752G4336G3004G2257G3962G3588G1722G3772G37G4675G3686G4675G932G2064G4675G2307G1096G5613G1722G3772G2532G1909G10933Give us each day our daily bread.G1325G2254G2596G2250G2257G1967G7404And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial."G2532G863G2254G2257G266G1063G846G2532G863G3956G3784G2254G2532G1533G2248G3361G1519G3986G235G4506G2248G575G41905And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;G2532G2036G4314G846G5101G1537G5216G2192G5384G2532G4198G4314G846G3317G2532G2036G846G5384G5531G3427G5140G7406for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.'G1894G5384G3450G1537G3598G3854G4314G3165G2532G2192G3756G3739G3908G8467And he answers from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'G2548G2081G611G2036G2873G3930G3427G3361G2374G2808G2235G2808G2532G3450G3813G1526G3326G1700G1519G2845G3756G1410G450G1325G46718I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.G3004G5213G1499G1453G3756G1453G1325G846G1223G1511G846G5384G1065G1223G846G335G450G1325G846G3745G55359"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.G2504G3004G5213G154G2532G1325G5213G2212G2532G2147G2925G2532G455G521310For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.G1063G3956G154G2983G2532G2212G2147G2532G2925G45511Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?G1161G5207G154G740G5216G3962G5101G1929G3361G846G3037G1499G2486G1929G473G2486G1929G3361G846G378912Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?G2228G2532G1437G154G5609G3361G1929G846G465113If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"G1487G5210G3767G5225G4190G1492G1325G18G1390G5216G5043G4214G3123G1325G3772G3962G1537G1325G40G4151G154G84614Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.G2532G2258G1544G1140G2532G846G2258G2974G1161G1096G1140G1831G2974G2980G2532G3793G229615But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."G1161G5100G1537G846G2036G1544G1140G1722G954G758G114016Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.G1161G2087G3985G2212G3844G846G4592G1537G377217But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house.G1161G846G1492G846G1270G2036G846G3956G932G1266G1909G1438G2049G2532G3624G1909G3624G409818If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.G1161G1499G4567G1499G1266G1909G1438G4459G2476G846G932G2476G3754G3004G3165G1544G1140G1722G95419Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.G1161G1487G1473G1722G954G1544G1140G1722G5101G1544G5216G5207G1544G1223G5124G846G2071G5216G292320But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.G1161G1487G1722G1147G2316G1544G1140G686G932G2316G5348G1909G520921When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe.G3752G2478G2528G5442G833G1438G846G5224G2076G1722G151522But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his plunder.G1161G1875G2478G846G1904G3528G846G142G846G3833G1909G3739G3982G2532G1239G846G466123Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.G5607G3361G3326G1700G2076G2596G1700G2532G4863G3361G3326G1700G465024"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'G3752G169G4151G1831G575G444G1330G1223G504G5117G2212G372G2532G2147G3361G3004G5290G1519G3450G3624G3606G183125When it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.G2532G2064G2147G4563G2532G288526Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first."G5119G4198G2532G3880G2033G2087G4151G4191G1438G2532G1525G2730G1563G2532G2078G1565G444G1096G5501G441327While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!"G1161G1096G1722G846G3004G5023G5100G1135G1537G3793G1869G5456G2036G846G3107G2836G941G4571G2532G3149G3739G233728But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"G1161G846G2036G3304G3107G191G3056G2316G2532G5442G84629When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.G1161G3793G1865G756G3004G3778G2076G4190G1074G1934G4592G2532G1325G3756G4592G1325G846G1508G4592G2495G439630For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.G1063G2531G2495G1096G4592G3536G3779G2071G2532G5207G444G2071G5026G107431The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here!G938G3558G1453G1722G2920G3326G435G5026G1074G2532G2632G846G3754G2064G1537G4009G1093G191G4678G4672G2532G2400G4119G4672G560232The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!G435G3535G450G1722G2920G3326G5026G1074G2532G2632G846G3754G3340G1519G2782G2495G2532G2400G4119G2495G560233"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.G1161G3762G681G3088G5087G1519G2926G3761G5259G3426G235G1909G3087G2443G3588G1531G991G533834Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness.G3088G4983G2076G3788G3767G1875G4675G3788G5600G573G4675G3650G4983G2532G2076G5460G1161G3752G5600G4190G4675G4983G2532G465235Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.G4648G3767G5457G3588G1722G4671G2076G3361G465536If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays."G1487G4675G3650G4983G3767G5460G2192G3361G5100G3313G4652G3650G2071G5460G5613G3752G796G3088G5461G4571G546137While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table.G1161G1722G2980G5100G5330G2065G846G3704G709G3844G846G1161G1525G37738The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner.G1161G5330G1492G2296G3754G907G3756G4412G907G4253G71239Then the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.G1161G2962G2036G4314G846G3568G2511G5210G5330G2511G1855G4221G2532G4094G1161G5216G2081G1073G724G2532G418940You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?G878G4160G3756G4160G3588G1855G4160G3588G2081G253241So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.G4133G1325G1654G1751G2532G2400G3956G2076G2513G521342"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.G235G3759G5213G5330G3754G586G2238G2532G4076G2532G3956G3001G2532G3928G2920G2532G26G2316G5023G1163G4160G3361G863G2548G86343Woe to you Pharisees! For you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.G3759G5213G5330G3754G25G4410G1722G4864G2532G783G1722G5844Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it."G3759G5213G1122G2532G5330G5273G3754G2075G5613G3419G3588G82G2532G444G4043G1883G1492G3756G149245One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us too."G1161G611G5100G3544G3004G846G1320G5023G3004G5195G2248G253246And he said, "Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.G1161G2036G3759G5213G2532G3544G3754G5412G444G5413G1419G2532G846G4379G3756G5413G1520G5216G114747Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.G3759G5213G3754G3618G3419G4396G1161G5216G3962G615G84648So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.G686G3140G2532G4909G2041G5216G3962G3754G846G3303G615G846G1161G5210G3618G846G341949Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'G1223G5124G2532G2036G4678G2316G649G1519G846G4396G2532G652G2532G1537G846G615G2532G155950so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,G2443G129G3956G4396G3588G1632G575G2602G2889G1567G575G5026G107451from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.G575G129G6G2193G129G2197G3588G622G3342G2379G2532G3624G3483G3004G5213G1567G575G5026G107452Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."G3759G5213G3544G3754G142G2807G1108G1525G3756G1525G846G2532G1525G296753When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile toward him and to cross-examine him about many things,G1161G846G3004G5023G4314G846G1122G2532G5330G756G1758G1171G2532G653G846G653G4012G411954lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.G1748G846G2532G2212G2340G5100G1537G846G4750G2443G2723G846